Just 5 days ago people started noticing a few new features in GMail and I have finally received them. There were two features, one for Spam and one for your Trash, that allowed you to completely empty the messages. This is convenient for those people who have overwhelming amounts of spam and trash but never delete the messages because of the amount of time it will take.

I didn't have any intentions of putting together a portable version of this Release Candidate build for Firefox 2 Beta 1 but there have been several people asking and emailing me about it. Just to let everyone know I am also working on an article for tomorrow that will walk you through some of the new features and how to change them around, like the Session Restore and scrolling tab bar.

The first set of release candidates for Firefox 2.0 Beta 1 have been posted to the Mozilla FTP. You can get this build for Linux, Mac, or Windows (Installer or ZIP). Remember, this is just a release candidate and may not represent what the official Beta 1 release is like but they have closed the build from further checkins.

Staying connected while you are traveling can be fairly easy and affordable if you plan ahead. These days, with easily accessible high speed internet, using your laptop while traveling really isn't a whole lot different than using it at home or at the office.